Academy moves toward e-voting

The Academy of motion Picture Arts and Sciences is really a step closer to an electronic voting system, announcing Wednesday it's became a member of right into a contract with Everyone Counts Corporation. to exclusively produce a system for your 85th Academy awards.Everyone Counts works together with PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Academy's accounting firm of record, whose role in tabulating Academy members' votes will remain unchanged. Inside the next season, the Academy will to get a rigorous security and user-acceptance testing process."This really is really the to start many steps that we'll be taking toward developing a secure and convenient electronic voting system, beginning with next year's ballot," mentioned Academy chief operating officer Ric Robertson. "We're excited to own found great partners in individuals that do that best."Selecting a Everyone Counts is triggered by an 18-month search completed with the Academy. The business is worldwide famous because of its understanding of election administration and computer security which is voting platform can be a world leader inside the election industry. Incorporated in the technology and methods are multiple layers of security including military-grade file file encryption techniques. Their other clients vary from the united states . States Department of Defense the united states . Kingdom's Secretary of condition for Justice the health of Nsw, Australia as well as the states of Or, Florida, and Washington. Contact Christy Grosz at christy.grosz@variety.com